I asked previously about setting the listbox properties so that when a list of files is loaded, the first one is not selected. I was told there was no way around that, which basically concluded as well. However, after chance, I determined that if I clicked in the empty box, then loaded the file names in the box, none of them would be selected. Is there anyway to "fake" a mouse click? It only happens if I click, or double click inside the listbox. I was trying something along the lines of:

set(handles.figure1,'SelectionType','open')

I tried that inside of (files is the listbox tag-this function executes on selection change in filebox: